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Stammer getting unbearable Hello, In the last 5 years or so my stammer has made my life so difficult. When I was younger I would have described it as a serious problem, but as I have gotten older it has gotten much, much worse.It is unbearable now. I am 26. I have met many people through stammering groups and have watched countless youtube videos about stammering and can honesty with no exaggeration say that mine is the worst I have ever heard. I have always been wary about using the word disability to describe my stammer, but these days even the simplest task is just so difficult. I have no social life and have in the past abused alcohol and drugs due largely to my stammer and the by-products of it. It doesn't hold me back these days as much however as it does for a lot of people; I am a student, consider myself ambitious and have travelled alone around large parts of the world and continue to do so. The problem is however that I just can't socialise; I can't exaggerate enough how difficult it is for me to say a single word. I met an old friend a few days ago who has always been accepting and comfortable around my stammer, but I could tell that even he was beginning to feel uncomfortable and awkward due to how bad my stammer has got. I feel like it is hard to go on like this and my life is very limited. I have nobody who I can really call a friend.It really is getting unbearable and I can go days, sometimes a week or so without talking to another person. Really don't know what to do.